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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Hiking a long the west coast

The weather is kind of surprising currently. Today it is 20C (70F)and I love it! It is going to stay this way for a few days it seems.I could bike to work without any jacket or sweater. To me that is just great. I know the bitter cold is just around the corner and will not spare us later on. Still fall is here. The days are quickly getting shorter. Now the sun set already before 7 pm. I am feeling a slight panic but there is nothing I can do about it. I really do dread the long dark winter that is approaching.

Well let's turn to something more cheerful. I still have not shown all the pictures from our weekend with our friends when we drove down to the southern west coast of Sweden. We made this really great hike during the day that was 11 Km (about 7 miles). Even if the sky was kind of overcast it was really nice.

We drove two cars and parked one in the small harbor at Kattvik and then continued on with the other car to Torekov where we started our hike.

We walked a long the shore line following the coast past fields with gracing sheep and cows.

To me this is picture really represents southern Sweden with it's open flat landscape.

If I were a cow I would love to walk and enjoy the grass on a field like this one with these kinds of views. I wonder if the cows do find the grass more tasteful here and if they do appreciate the views.

You can tell that the strong winds shape the landscape here.

A beautiful Swan.

Even if I did say that much of the landscape down south is flat and our hike started out on low and flat terrain we faced quite a climb about half way trough. But the view once you got to the top was well worth the effort of the climb.

The typical black and white cows and horses gracing peacefully on the green slopes. Anyone that has seen the commercials on Swedish butter on TV can easily picture this landscape as the hills of the "Bregott factory". I am convinced that they probably did shoot the commercial here.

I fell in love with the many apple orchards. We did stop to buy some apples and apple cider.

When we got back home we were tired but happy. Sitting in front of the fireplace enjoying some wine was just the perfect ending to a great day.

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Hi and welcome to my blog. I am a Swedish-American born in Texas, grew up in Sweden. Moved and lived in Alabama 2006-2010. From the cotton fields of the Deep South back to the arctic winter of Sweden 2010-2012. Now I just moved and started my life among the Swiss alps. My road in life has taken many unexpected turns and given me many wonderful adventures. Switzerland and Basel being my new home currently. Here I share my Swiss experiences as an expat, my attempts of learning German, thoughts and everyday life. I love photography, travels, having fun at the gym, skiing, hiking, good food, good wine and good friends and everything else that makes life fun. I believe in making the most of each day and never turn a good opportunity down. E-mails or just a hi among the comments make me happy.

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